LECTURES
Upcoming Lectures
13/12/24 Christmas CMGS meeting with annual members collections competition & raffle.
10/01/25 NO MEETING
Past Lectures
2024
08/11/24 ‘Blockley fossils’, CMGS member Alan Banyard. - On zoom.
11/10/24 ‘The relative “value” & potential of the UK’s in-situ dinosaur track sites’, Prof Richard Butler, University of Birmingham Fellow, Professor of Paleobiology. - On zoom.
13/09/24 AGM
09/08/24 NO MEETING
12/07/24 ‘The early evolution of animal life and the generation of form’, Dr Frankie Dunn, Senior Researcher, NERC Independent Research fellow, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. - On zoom.
14/06/24 ‘Use of CT scanning with pterosaur and other fossils’, Dr Liz Martin-Silverstone, Technical Specialist, Manager, Paleobiology lab, University of Bristol.
10/05/24 ‘The evolution of the first trees and forests in the Devonian’, Dr Chris Berry, School of Earth and environmental Studies, University of Wales.
12/04/24 ‘Extinctions’ Prof Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol.
08/03/24 ‘Welsh Gold’ Tom Cotterell, Museum of Wales, Russell Society.
09/02/24 “Geological influences on the development of the city of Bath’ Kevin Privett, University of Portsmouth.
12/01/24 NO MEETING
2023
08/12/23 Christmas CMGS meeting and annual competition.
10/11/23 ‘Preserving the Rise of Complex Life’ Dr Ross Anderson, University of Oxford.
13/10/23 ‘Amber: time capsule’ Dr Ricardo Perez-de la Fuete, University of Oxford.
08/09/23 ‘Geology of Oxford Gravestones and the Museum of Natural History building’ Nina Morgan, Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
14/07/23 NO MEETING
09/06/23 ‘Oxford Museum of Natural History collections’ Dr Duncan Murdoch, Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
12/05/23 ‘Diamonds’ Lorna McNaught CMGS.
14/04/23 AGM
10/03/23 ‘Jurassic Pompeii’ Neville and Sally Hollingworth.
10/02/23 ‘Ammonites’ Tom Carr, CMGS.
12/01/23 NO MEETING
2023
09/12/22 ‘Bovey Tracy Tourmaline’ (via Zoom) David Ifold, Russell Society.
11/11/22 ‘Hunting dragons. Six New Dinosaur Finds on the Isle of Wight’ Jeremy Lockwood, Portsmouth University.
14/10/22 ‘Coloured Gemstones’ Helen Plumb, CMGS.
09/09/22 ‘Mammoths’ Neville and Sally Hollingworth.
12/08/22 NO MEETING
08/07/22 ‘Dinosaurs and deserts of South Wales’ Prof Cindy Howells, University of Wales.
10/06/22 ‘Geology of Gloucestershire’ David Green, CMGS.
13/05/22 ‘Collection and preparation of vertebrate material from Lyme Regis, Dorset’ Andrew McNaught, CMGS.
08/04/22 ‘Rhodochrosite’ Chris finch, Russell Society.
11/03/22 AGM
11/02/22 ‘Welsh Diamonds’ Tom Cotterell, Museum of Wales.
13/01/22 NO MEETING
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